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Writing Spider

Argiope

Photo by mikej
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Argiope aurantia

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JasonO'Connor
The zig-zag thing in the web is called a stabilimentum, and is believed to help birds and other large creatures see the web and avoid taking it out. Fun fact haha

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PublishedJanuary 25, 2012

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